by Eric Lotke | Nov 30, 2009 | Blog
Thursday December 3 is the date of both the President’s Jobs Summit and the reconfirmation hearing of Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke. We should seize the opportunity to examine the statute that creates the Federal Reserve: The Board of Governors of the Federal...
by Eric Lotke | Nov 30, 2009 | Blog, Economy
How ironic that President Obama’s jobs summit should be scheduled on the same date (Thursday, December 3) that the Senate Banking Committee has scheduled the reconfirmation hearing of Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke. Our economy is in a hole. Bernanke is “waist...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 29, 2009 | Blog
But Wall Street's mainstream critics still can't bring themselves to challenge the top executive 'right' to reap enormous riches. Great minds have been searching, ever since last fall’s financial sector meltdown, for an antidote to the wildly excessive Wall...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 29, 2009 | Blog
Symbolism is very powerful, and great Presidents use it to set the tone of their Presidency. It is the "Bully Pulpit" because Presidents tell the people "this is the way it is now," then repeat the message and they act in ways that consistently reinforce it, until the...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 28, 2009 | Blog
Since the Reagan-era changes in the country's tax and regulation policies more and more of the wealth and income generated by our economy has been flowing upward to fewer and fewer people. We have now reached the point where wealth is at least as concentrated as it...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 27, 2009 | Blog
Reps. Ron Paul and Alan Grayson are trying to get the Federal Reserve audited. Last week the House Financial Services Committee passed an amendment to their financial regulatory reform bill that would mandate an audit. The Audit the Fed Coalition is trying to get HR...
